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Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson has matched Red Auerbach with nine NBA titles. What the new Basketball Hall of Famer can’t do is compete with the late Celtics patriarch’s supernatural skills. “We lost out on the Kevin Garnett sweepstakes,” Jackson lamented Friday after a ceremony to receive his Hall of Fame blazer.
Not long after inducting its newest class, the Basketball Hall of Fame will take a road trip. The “Hoop Hall Experience” kicks off a 30-city tour Nov. 2 in Knoxville, Tenn. and continues through December 2008, giving fans an opportunity to view basketball history without traveling to the game’s birthplace in Springfield, Mass.
The European Basketball Championship is living up to its billing as one of the most competitive in history. Thank its NBA players for that. After a first round of buzzer-beaters, comebacks and surprising exits, the 12 remaining squads travel to Madrid on Thursday to prepare for the second stage of group play, vying for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Houston Rockets swingman Justin Reed was released from jail Wednesday after his arrest on a marijuana charge. Reed was arrested Tuesday night in Jackson. He was released from the Hinds County jail after posting a $500 bond early Wednesday, said Capt. Ken Magee of the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department. Reed was charged with misdemeanor possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, which carries a…
The trial for Indiana Pacers’ Jamaal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels, who face charges stemming from a bar fight, has been rescheduled to December. The trial was originally scheduled for Monday, but a defense lawyer at a hearing Wednesday asked Marion Superior Court Judge Lisa Borges for a delay. Borges set a Dec.
NBA referees will be able to use instant replay to review altercations and some flagrant fouls starting this season. The NBA Board of Governors voted last week to approve the changes recommended by the league’s Competition Committee. Officials will be allowed to use replay on the more severe type of flagrant foul, known as the penalty 2.
More than 7,000 miles from home, fans were chanting his name, and Kobe Bryant was loving it. No controversy. No tough questions. In the basketball-loving Philippines, no one was going to ruffle a charismatic icon visiting to promote the sport, encourage kids to pursue their dreams and maybe sell a few pairs of his new line of shoes.
NBA referees will be able to use instant replay to review altercations and some flagrant fouls starting this season. The NBA Board of Governors voted last week to approve the changes recommended by the league’s Competition Committee. Officials will be allowed to use replay on the more severe type of flagrant foul, known as the penalty 2.
Shaquille O’Neal has filed to divorce his wife after nearly five years of marriage, his attorney said Tuesday night. Attorney Ira Elegant said the petition was filed on behalf of the Miami Heat center in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear who is representing Shaunie O’Neal in the case.
A grand jury indicted four men in the armed robbery of Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker. Two of the men had been charged previously in the robbery of another NBA player. Prosecutors say 28-year-old Antoine Larkins; Demorris Hill, 25; Phillip Allison, 28; and Gregory Reedfields, 23, broke into Walker’s Chicago home June 9 and bound Walker and a relative with duct tape.
